Example Sentences

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“The rock was squeezed and squeezed again and squeezed again,” he said, referring to what happened in the Taconic, Acadian and Alleghenian orogenies.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2014

On the night of the Ninth's review you taught me the creed of an American and an Alleghenian.

From The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore